182 xlvii. § papilionacejs (baker). [Ergthrina. 



oblique to a shallow slit at the keel. Corolla bright crimson ; standard 

 obovate-oblong, J in. broad, protruding- an inch beyond the calyx, the 

 wings equalling the calyx, the keel shorter. Pod 4— 5 in. long, § — \ in. 

 thick, consisting of 4-6 globes enclosing a seed each, with a long pe- 

 dicel and deep constrictions between them. — Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 

 224. E. latijblia, Schum. et Thonn. PI. Guin. 333. E. guineensis, 

 G. Don, Gard. Diet. ii. 371. E. Vogelii, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 367. Macro- 

 cymUum Vogelii, Walp. in Flora, 1853, 149. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur and Perr ottet, Whitfield! Sierra Leone, 

 Afzelius ! Don! Hutton! Dr. Kirk! Guinea proper, Thonning, and others. 



Flowers contemporaneous with the leaves. A specimen without flowers and fruit, 

 gathered in Abyssinia by Petit, is referred here by A. Eichard. The genus Macro- 

 cymbium of Walpers owes its origin to a misprint in the description of E. Vogelii in 

 the Niger Flora. 



2. E. Humei, E. Meyer, Comm. PL Afr. Austr. 150. A tree 10-20 

 ft. high, witn woody branches armed with strong straight conical 

 prickles \ in. long. Stipules deciduous. Petioles 3-5 in. long, gla- 

 brous, prickly ; leaflets casually 5, terminal one on a prickly stalk 

 1^-3 in. long, the blade rhomboidal 3-5 in. each way, or sometimes 

 subhastate, acute or bluntish, coriaceous, both sides glabrous. Racemes 

 dense, 3-6 in. long on woody peduncles as long or longer. Calyx 4-5 

 lines deep, slightly silky, shallowly bilabiate, the lips often a little 

 toothed. Standard: bright scarlet, protruding an inch or more beyond 

 the calyx, half an inch broad ; wings and keel equal, shorter than the 

 calyx. Pod 5-6 in. long, J— § in. thick, consisting of 5-6 globes en- 

 closing a seed each, with a long stalk at the base and deep constrictions 

 between them.— Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 237. E. Caffra, DC. Prod. ii. 412, 

 in part, non Thunb. ; Bot. Reg. t. 736 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2431. E. hastifolia, 

 Bert. Illust. PI. Mozamb. t. 2, fig. A. 



Mozamb. Distr. Sofala, Inhambane, teste Bertoloni. Zambesi land, Manganya 

 hills and between Tette and the sea-coast, Dr. Kirk! Dr. Meller! 

 A plant of Natal. Flowers contemporaneous with the leaves. 



3. E. Livingstoniana, Baker. A large tree with a prickly stem 

 and firm glabrous branches. Petiole 3-4 in. long, slender, glabrous, 

 slightly prickly; leaflets 3, the terminal one hastate, 4 in. each way, 

 the central lobe deltoid, the lateral ones subquadrangular, the sinuses 

 shallowly rounded, the petiolule 2 in. long, lateral ones similar on short 

 petioles, both sides glabrous. Flowers in dense racemes half a foot 

 long on long glabrous woody peduncles. Pedicels thick, glabrous, 

 2 lines long. Calyx f in. deep, glabrous, coriaceous, entire, spatha- 

 ceous, slit down to the base on the lower side. Standard red, twice as 

 long as the calyx, 1| in. broad; wings round, 4 lines each way; keel 

 equalling the wings. Pod 5-6 in. long, stipitate, consisting of 5-6 

 1 -seeded globes 6-8 lines thick, some abortive. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, sixty miles up the river Shire, Dr. Kirk ! 



4. E. Brucei, Schweinf. in Verh. Zool. Bot. Wien, xviii. 653. A small 

 tree with stout rugose branches armed with short strong spines. Pe- 



